It Didn't Look That Old

This past Saturday we took the short day trip to Ribe, a town south of Varde, that is known above all else for being the oldest town in Denmark. The first documented evidence of the town shows up in the year 854 -- but archeological evidence puts it back to at least 710 AD. They are planning on celebrating their 1300th anniversary next year.

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We just barely scratched the surface here -- we didn't go in the old cathedral, nor one of the two Viking museums, and nope, not the other museum either. This is definitely a spot to hit with visitors (hint hint) so we saved a few things til then. The town is a great place to stroll with quiet cobblestone streets and not nearly as many tourists as we expected.

We did manage to discover the Ribe Bryghus (brewhouse) right before it closed and purchased a few bottles of my new favorite beer. We did have a good lunch at the Hotel Dagmar next to the Cathedral. It was a meal of (I think) typical Danish food -- again it followed our current opinion that, to us anyway, Danish food is 'weird but good.' The less adventurous, I'm afraid, will think it is just weird.

Skål!